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My wife had emergency surgery 4/16. About 6-8" of colon removed. She was given antibiotics pre-op but none post-op. She was given 400mg of cortisone 4x/day for 2 days. Operating dr. indicated removal of gangrene. Wife is having similar symptoms now. Problem is no mention of gangrene in her hospital...

Hello. My name is Cyndi, 26 years old. I have had bacterial vaginosis (BV) for almost 2 years. When I first had symptoms, I thought it was a yeast infection. I never really get any discharge with the bacterial infection as you would in a yeast infection but my symptoms are burning and itching,...

Lips now permanently damaged with 1000's of weird cracks, cheilitis, chapping, dark spots.
Unbelievably, I'd wake up and find the shapes and contours changed every day - a new grotesque effect daily.
After extensively researching this, and seeing many medical professionals, I have still not...

PLEASE HELP US!!! I am infested with some type of parasite worm or worms. My dog is completely infested also. They range in size and shape. Something attaches to and has some sort of growth around or inside hair and carpet fibers. Absolutely horrible! It causes random pieces of carpet or clothing...

Can someone tell me a specific doctor or what type to see for Chronic Active Epstein Barr Virus?
This is my third time having EBV, currently though I've tested positive for active EBV for alittle over two years now. My Rhumatologist is not sure what to do regarding EBV, I've also been diagnosed...

I was infected by Blasto and spent two months in a coma this year. I have started a blog with most topics about having it as well as a Facebook page to help spread the word about this disease. Would like to find a forum that I can comment on about it.

A family member as been diognosed with IBS and has been putting up with this for the past 7years. She gets stomach pains which come and go for weeks at a time. When she has these pains she is on the toilet for anything between 2-13hours everyday, the longest being 13 and a hal HOURS. She has been...

Of those conducted, tests for parasites all negative. Medical personnel doing the tests apparently are either untrained or incompetent. Failing to come up with a diagnosis and failing to conduct the necessary tests to determine what my condition is. It is my belief based on research that I have...

At the very beginning of August I went to the emergency room for major lower back pain (I've had five back surgeries). When I got there they didn't even take any of my info or send me to Triage! Before I knew it I was in the back with IV's in my arms someone drawing blood and a portable chest X-ray...

At the very beginning of August I went to the emergency room for major lower back pain (I've had five back surgeries). When I got there they didn't even take any of my info or send me to Triage! Before I knew it I was in the back with IV's in my arms someone drawing blood and a portable chest X-ray...

The swelling has went all the way to his thigh he is in pain and can not bear any weight on it.It is hot to the touch but he says it is cold.it hurts and is dark pink and reddish in color.Can you help ?? He was raking leaves and later went to church came home freezing and shaking went to bed and...

I went to thee doctors for a routine check up, no symptoms just post nasal drip due to my chronic sinusitis, and he send me to do a culture of my sputum. The results came back as follows:We observe >10 leukocytes and We obtain abundant growth of Klebsiella Oxytoca.The doctor prescribed antibiotics...

Hello, my name is Hillary and I live in Santa Clara Co. in Northern California.The cyst in my R breast was surgically removed 8 weeks ago (even though the Dr. missed the Bad Spot all together.That's how I Finally was Dx' with the Peptostreptococcus and also Prevotella. I as well have a large cyst...

I really need help here. It started out as a little spider bite sized bite that I scratched. The skin ripped of and thought nothing of it, since it tends to happen to me a lot, but it started to get bigger. It is now the size of a quarter and layers of skin are gone from what seems to be a blister...

Here's my story: In February 2012 I received unprotected oral sex (a girl performed ******** on me) followed by intercourse (condom was used for intercourse from start to end). Two to three weeks after this incident, I started to experience some very strange symptoms, including stiff neck, a...

Two months ago my ten year old's right leg was swollen. He had an ultrasound and I was told he had a bakers cyst that had ruptured and it would go away on it's own..keep leg elevated. It did go away after a week or so. Last week he felt his knee swelling again and thought it was the cyst returning....

Hi every bodyAt 2008 lived with African refugees in a turkish camp .After one month i had diarrhea but my health is good so i didn't careAt 2009 my heath got worse and my weight decrease . 2 GI specialists diagnosed my disease as CROHNS after endoscopyand testing biopies .They found many small...

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